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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will hire locals and most will commute in.  There are already a lot of Amazon employees and many will be consolidated.  They are having trouble filling the slots they have.  They also allow telecommuting for some jobs so you can live further out and just go in as needed.  We don't know anyone who works at Amazon who lives near work.  Some live in other states and just fly in as needed.[/quote]

+1  I have friends in close in Maryland who commute to  Amazon in Virginia.  They're not all going to live within a mile of HQ.[/quote]

Per the JBG Smith negotiators that work with Amazon, roughly 80% of Amazon employees walk or take mass transit to work each day.  So VRE and metro are possible but they are expecting the lions share to live inside the beltway and closer to National Landing [/quote]

Yea, ok... per those folks who are not actually doing the commute or work.  No way my spouse could walk or talk mass transit to his Amazon job.  Nor, would we ever move to that part of VA for a lot of reasons, including money.  Everyone we know lives far out VA and commutes in as needed.  [/quote]

Then I guess you’ll see your spouse on weekends? You’re making a choice to live far away from work. If you want a life outside of work, you live closer in and compromise on space and/or schools to be able to afford it, like the rest of us. Or your spouse should look for a job closer to where you live. Driving in isn’t going to get any easier or better, so you have some thinking to do. If you hurry, you can probably afford a nice SFH home in PG county inside the Beltway along the Green/Yellow line that’s close to all the amenities around College Park/Hyattsville and transit.[/quote]

Do you even know what you are talking about.  We have a house.  I see my spouse all the time.  My spouse can work at home a few days a week and its a very flexible job.  I see my spouse more now than when they were working at another job closer.  It makes no sense to move to VA just for a job as most people don't stay at jobs more than a few years so if we stay where we are at then there are more options as you can work in MD/DC/VA vs. if we moved to VA, it would be much harder to commute from VA to MD.  Living in College Park to VA makes absolutely no sense.   I don't get all the Amazon hate.  Its no different from any other company and your experience is mainly dependent on your supervisor and team.  However, Amazon gives contracts for a few years so depending on your renewal, many don't stay.[/quote]

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